High school pitcher gets yanked with one out left in the game after striking out every batter he faced

Upland (Calif.) Western Christian pitcher Ryan Olson was tossing the game of his life against Calvary Murrieta this past Thursday, striking out every batter he faced in the final game of the season. Olson had fanned 20 in 6 2/3 innings and was one out away from ultimate perfection (high school games only go seven innings) when he was yanked before he could face the game's final batter.

The reason behind the curious move isn't as bad as you think. In fact it's downright noble…well kind of anyway.

The junior pitcher struck out 20 batters in 6 2/3 innings against Calvary Murrieta on Thursday. He was pulled with one batter to go so a senior could play on senior day. Western Christian won, 6-0.

He has committed to the University of San Diego and is part of the SGV Aresnal club program. He's an A student who transferred from Damien.

While it was nice that a senior got to see some game action on senior day, why did it have to come at Olson's expense, costing him his shot at perfect perfection? Couldn't the coach have stuck the guy in right field, or based on Olson's dominating performance behind the plate, so at least the graduating player would have the opportunity to touch the ball a few times, unlike the rest of the fielders who must have spent the game doing nothing more than spit sunflower seeds while trying to figure out what famous historical figures certain clouds looked like.